Distributed Systems Software Engineer (L5) - Open Connect Control Plane

Benefits

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Mental health support

Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Salary

$388K-$619K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

401(k) match

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

332% above the BLS role benchmark for software engineering aggregate.

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Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Mid From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Work mode

Remote From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

In-office days

0 days From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Schedule

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Company

Company stage

Public-company From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Equity

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About this role

Distributed Systems Software Engineer (L5) - Open Connect Control Plane USA - Remote At Netflix, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a dream team obsessed with the uncomfortable excitement of discovering what happens when you merge creativity, intuition and cutting-edge technology. Come be a part of what's next. Open Connect (OC) is a critical group within Netflix that builds and manages a content delivery network (CDN) that delivers all of Netflix's streaming video. In addition to streaming video, we work on projects within Netflix that leverage physical infrastructure. According to a 2023 Sandvine report, data delivered by Open Connect accounts for approximately 15% of all downstream traffic volume across the entire internet. All of this traffic is delivered by our edge cache servers. The Geo and Network Intelligence (GNI) team within Open Connect focuses on mapping devices to real-world locations via IP Geolocation and leveraging network measurement and insights to deliver business value to our partners across the company. GNI is the home for Probnik - our network measurement framework - and the Fast.com speed test. We spend our time thinking about stuff like this: How does what we see in the network world map to behavior and locality in the real world? How can we leverage network insights to improve or protect the business? How can we gather more precise insights about our members while

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